Device for attaching overshoes



(No Model.)

N. B. HOLDSWORTH.

DEVICE FOR ATTAGHING OVERSHOES.

No. 375,818. Patented @1883, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NATHAN B. HOLDSWORTH, OF SPENGERVILLE, OHIO.

DEVICE FOR ATTACHINGv OVERSHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 375,818, dated January3, 1888.

No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, NATHAN B. HOLDS- WORTH, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Spencerville, in the county of Allen and State ofOhio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Devices forAttaching Overshoes, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention has reference to devices for attaching overshoes so as toprevent them from playing on or becoming detached from the foot; and itconsists in the improvements hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure1 representsaside View of a bnttongaiter and overshoe having myimprovement applied thereto; Fig. 2, the same view of a portion of alaceshoe and overshoe, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of myimprovement.

The said improvement consists, essentially, ofa yielding web or strip,A, having at one end a metallic plate or loop, a, which is perforated,and at the other end a plate, I), having a larger perforation, c, whichis contracted at one side, d, as shown.

In the application of thedevice the overshoe is provided at one side,and near the end thereof, with a metallic loop or eye, 6, which may beapplied by means of a metal clincher. This loop 6 engages the loop a,and thereby permanently connects the attachment with the side of theovershoe. The plate I) may then be engaged with one of the buttons onthe shoe by means of an ordinary buttonhook. Such engagement will bebest secured by first adjusting the plate I) with the button andafterward buttoning the flap of the'shoe. In the case of lace-shoes theengagement may be effected by having the plate I) engage a button, f,secured to the upper at one side of the lace portion thereof.

The elastic web section enables the device to have a limited yieldingmovement without straining the button to which its plate I) is attachedor the loop e. The form of the perforation cis such that it can bereadily forced over the button,andthen permit the shank of the latter toenter the contracted portion and prevent disengagement.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that the device is of simple,useful, and durable construction, and will readily serve to retain theovershoe firmly on the foot.

I claim The combination, with the overshoe, of the hook e, permanentlysecured thereto, and the web A, having a plate, a, at one endpermanently connected with the hook e,and provided at its other end witha plate, b, adapted to en gage a button on a shoe, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

NATHAN B. HOLDSWORTH.

W'itnesses:

P. SIsLER, JAMEs COCHRUN.

